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A mess of a home network (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum
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I am sorry in advance if this is the wrong spot to ask for advice....but here goes..

My network consists of 1 fios modem and 2 routers. Basically, the Modem brings the signal, router 1 is a netgear that I want to handle the wireless throughout the house. I would prefer the Modem not handle any of the wifi responsibilities.

Router 2 is in a separate room and is situated there in order to have everything in that room hardwired.

The network, overall is a mess of a mess. It's not streamlined and I am assuming there is non-stop collisions.

Overall, in my head, the set up is Modem-->Router 1 which handles the wireless and a guest network-->router 2 which is really just hardwired back to router 1 so that I can have wired devices for work in a separate room.

I would _prefer_ not to run any more wire even if it means eliminating the second router, but how do I organize all of this so that the network runs at full capacity smoothy and (hopefully) all the devices can see each other for sharing purposes...that part isn't 100% necessary.

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

Router 2 should be a switch unless you need the extra stuff for something. At a minimum it should be in AP mode. Otherwise it's very unlikely you're getting "collisions", it's just humming along like networks do

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  • [–] [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think it's in AP mode. I don't belive switch mode is an option... And the network, as a whole, is not humming along, unfortunately. But it does sound like, thanks to yoh and everyone else, I have a few other things to address.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    This. If you're not trying to use the wifi on the 2nd router, and it's already wired to the 1st one, just replace it with a switch with the needed number of ports. Having a second router can definitely cause problems if the routing functions are still active.

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